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... consider me as fixed and serious , in my religious opinions ? I do . * Letter to Trebatius , Epist . ad Famil , Lib . 7 , Epist . 11 . To deride is not or is not merely - to laugh ; and derision may be argument . + See Homer's account ...
... consider me as fixed and serious , in my religious opinions ? I do . * Letter to Trebatius , Epist . ad Famil , Lib . 7 , Epist . 11 . To deride is not or is not merely - to laugh ; and derision may be argument . + See Homer's account ...
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... considers the immateriality of the human soul as proved . No : he does not go this length . He merely says , that " it has , he thinks , been evinced to almost a demonstration . " t * See Appendix to Second Dialogue , A , page 73. Note ...
... considers the immateriality of the human soul as proved . No : he does not go this length . He merely says , that " it has , he thinks , been evinced to almost a demonstration . " t * See Appendix to Second Dialogue , A , page 73. Note ...
Page 94
... consider what the means were , that upheld it ; and was about to raise my voice , in the cause of liberty of speech , and equality of audience , when the Mensagogue took his hat , and left the room . He was followed by Mr. Hangeron ...
... consider what the means were , that upheld it ; and was about to raise my voice , in the cause of liberty of speech , and equality of audience , when the Mensagogue took his hat , and left the room . He was followed by Mr. Hangeron ...
Page 98
... our observation to grasp the whole . In the state of the nation , let us seek the character of its Government . Let us consider the situation of that wonderful country : for wonderful in truth appears to me , a machine consisting of so 98.
... our observation to grasp the whole . In the state of the nation , let us seek the character of its Government . Let us consider the situation of that wonderful country : for wonderful in truth appears to me , a machine consisting of so 98.
Page 100
... consider genuine and equal liberty as introduced by those , who , instead of adhering to the institutions of our forefathers , subjected the few to the many ; or the many to the few . ANON . If my readers would see the spirit of liberty ...
... consider genuine and equal liberty as introduced by those , who , instead of adhering to the institutions of our forefathers , subjected the few to the many ; or the many to the few . ANON . If my readers would see the spirit of liberty ...
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Page 25 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Page 19 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Page 25 - And found no end, in wandering mazes lost Of good and evil much they argued then, Of happiness and final misery, Passion and apathy, and glory and shame, Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy...
Page 138 - Il ya toujours dans un État des gens distingués par la naissance, les richesses ou les honneurs ; mais s'ils étaient confondus parmi le peuple, et s'ils n'y avaient qu'une voix comme les autres, la liberté...
Page 77 - If we travel still farther into antiquity, we shall find a direct contrary opinion and practice prevailing; and, if antiquity is to be authority, a thousand such authorities may be produced, successively contradicting each other. But if we proceed on, we shall at last come out right; we shall come to the time when man came from the hand of his Maker. What was he then? Man. Man was his high and only title, and a higher cannot be given him.
Page 125 - St. 1, c. 5, that no petition to the king, or either house of parliament, for any alteration in church or state, shall be signed by above twenty persons, unless the matter thereof be approved by three justices of the peace, or the major part of the grand jury in the country; and in London by the lord mayor, aldermen, and common council: nor shall any petition be presented by more than ten persons at a time.
Page 116 - ... not consent to the passing of acts necessary for the preservation of the people, the Commons, together with such of the Lords as are more sensible of the danger, must join together, and represent the matter to his majesty'.
Page 150 - Cicéron , après être débarqué, entra dans sa maison et se coucha pour prendre du repos ; mais la plupart de ces corbeaux étant venus se poser sur la fenêtre de sa chambre jetaient des cris effrayants.
Page 120 - Patrum, ut nimis feroces suos credere juvenes esse, ita malle, si modus excedendus esset, suis quàm adversariis superesse animos. Adeo moderatio tuendae libertatis, dum ' aequari velle' simulando ita se quisque extollit ut deprimat alium, in difficili est ; cavendoque ne metuant homines, metuendos ultro se efficiunt ; et injuriam a nobis repulsam, tanquam aut facere aut pati necesse sit, injungimus aliis 3.
Page 139 - Le grand avantage des représentants, c'est qu'ils sont capables de discuter les affaires. Le peuple n'y est point du tout propre; ce qui forme un des grands inconvénients de la démocratie.